📰 Qualcomm Posts Open-Source GPU Driver Patches For Adreno 850 One Day After Announcement

Yesterday Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 as quite an interesting mobile SoC. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 features Adreno 850 graphics and already one-day later their engineers are out with initial Linux kernel patches for bringing up the A850 with the MSM kernel driver...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qualcomm-Adreno-850-Open-Source

#kernel #linux #opensource

📰 Valve Introduces Pyrowave Video Codec In Beta For Low Latency Streaming

Valve's Steam client beta today introduced Pyrowave as an experimental video codec for high bandwidth, low-latency video streaming...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Valve-Steam-Beta-Pyrowave

#steam

📰 Here's some of the best VR games released on Steam in 2026 so far

Here's some of the highest-rated VR games released on Steam in 2026. Helping you get ready for the SteamOS Linux powered Steam Frame.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/heres-some-of-the-best-vr-games-released-on-steam-in-2026-so-far/

#linux #steam

📰 Longtime SUSE staff asked if they'd opt for 'voluntary separation'

Other changes also afoot as employees unionize and the distro itself sees modifications.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/22/longtime-suse-staff-asked-if-theyd-opt-for-voluntary-separation/5297457

#distro

📰 Cache Aware Scheduling Fixes Queued For Submission To Linux 7.3, Backporting To 7.2

Later this week it looks like the latest round of Cache Aware Scheduling fixes will be merged for enhancing this kernel scheduler functionality for grouping related tasks together on CPU cores that share the same last level cache (LLC). Cache Aware Scheduling can lead to better cache locality and lower latency by avoiding the costs of potential cache bouncing -- that is when bugs don't get in the way...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-CAS-Fixes-Coming

#kernel #linux

📰 KDE developers' attempts at creating LLM guidelines are not going well

It seems the KDE developers want to allow some use of generative AI / LLMs, as they're working on a policy of guidelines for it.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/kde-developers-attempts-at-creating-llm-guidelines-are-not-going-well/

#kde

📰 Linux Adding New Interface For Reporting AMD SEV Status

A convenient addition that surprisingly hasn't been added to the Linux kernel until now is /sys/devices/system/cpu/sev/sev_status as a new sysfs interface for reporting the AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) status...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-sysfs-AMD-SEV-Status

#amd #kernel #linux

📰 Flatpak 1.18.3 Fixes Subsandbox Startup and Updates Meson Wrap Subprojects

Flatpak 1.18.3 Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework is now available for download with various bug and crash fixes for the stable Flatpak 1.18 series.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/flatpak-1-18-3-fixes-subsandbox-startup-and-updates-meson-wrap-subprojects

#flatpak #linux

📰 Classic physics-based browser game Happy Wheels gets revived on Steam

Happy Wheels is a game all about getting from A to B, and failing constantly while creating a rather amusing bloody mess.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/classic-physics-based-browser-game-happy-wheels-gets-revived-on-steam/

#steam

📰 New Linux Kernel Flaw Gives ARM64 KVM Guests Read-Write Access to Host Memory

A new flaw in the Linux kernel's KVM virtualization code for ARM64 processors can leave a freed piece of host memory exposed to a guest virtual machine on hosts with nested virtualization enabled.The bug, tracked as CVE-2026-89775, allows a guest to read and write host kernel memory, and the researcher who found it says it can be used to escape the guest and run code on the host machine.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/new-linux-kernel-flaw-gives-arm64-kvm.html

#kernel #linux

📰 Alibaba Contributing $3M USD To Omarchy To Work On Making "Ideal" Agentic OS

The Omarchy project announced today that Alibaba Cloud will be contributing a total of three million USD to their foundation for helping development of this Linux distribution and working to make it an "ideal agentic operating system"...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Omarchy-Alibaba-3M

#linux

📰 Steam Tests New Pyrowave Codec on Linux and SteamOS

Valve is testing Pyrowave, a new low-latency Steam Remote Play codec available on Linux and SteamOS through the experimental SteamRT3 client.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/steam-tests-new-pyrowave-codec-on-linux-and-steamos/

#linux #steam

📰 Raspberry Pi Disallows RAM Upgrades to Fight Fraud, Does it Make Sense?

A resurfacing firmware lock is catching out new buyers and tinkerers who want to revive dead hardware.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17469532/raspberry-pi-blocks-ram-upgrades

#raspberry

📰 systemd 262 Released With AI/LLM Canary For Unreviewed Code, LUO Integration

Systemd 262 made it out today as the newest feature update to this Linux init system and service manager. As with most systemd releases, it's heavy on new features and functionality...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-262

#linux #systemd

📰 Giada 1.6 Loop Machine Adds Time-Stretching Playback Mode for Sample Channels

Giada 1.6 open-source minimalistic and hardcore music production software has been released today as a major update that introduces several new features and improvements.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/giada-1-6-loop-machine-adds-time-stretching-playback-mode-for-sample-channels

#opensource

📰 SPEC Releases SPECviewperf 15.0.1 For Linux

SPEC back in May 2025 introduced SPECViewPerf 15 as the newest major release of this industry-standard workstation graphics benchmark. Sadly, the Linux support once again fell behind with SPECViewPerf 15 only debuting on Microsoft Windows. Today though Linux has caught up with SPEC releasing a Linux-native build of SPECViewPerf 15.0.1...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/SPECviewperf-15.0.1-Linux

#linux

📰 KDE's proposed LLM policy discussion gets locked after a fiery community clash

With the Linux kernel accepting LLM submissions, distro developers are beginning to ask themselves if AI code has a place within their own project. We've seen distros take both sides, with Gentoo and Void choosing the anti-AI option while Debian allowing only high-quality LLM-generated content. Now, it's KDE's turn to work out what level of LLM-made content is allowed, and the community has some strong thoughts from both camps.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/kdes-proposed-llm-policy-discussion-gets-locked-after-a-fiery-community-clash/

#debian #distro #kde #kernel #linux

📰 Variable Refresh Rate "VRR" Target Limiter Proposed For Linux Graphics Drivers

A new proposal being discussed is introducing a Linux user-space API to be able to specify frame rate targets for Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) handling on the Linux desktop...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/VRR-Target-Rate-Limiter-uAPI

#linux

📰 Mozilla Firefox 156.0.1 Is Now Available for Download with Various Bug Fixes

Mozilla Firefox 156.0.1 open-source web browser is now available for download with various bug fixes and improvements for all supported platforms.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-156-0-1-is-now-available-for-download-with-various-bug-fixes

#firefox #opensource

📰 NetBSD 10.2 Released With New Hardware Support and Security Fixes

NetBSD 10.2 is out as the second point release in the 10.x stable series, adding new Ethernet, VMware, ARM, and security improvements.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/netbsd-10-2-released-with-new-hardware-support-and-security-fixes/

#arm

📰 JSAUX launch the E-Ink and Pixel Matrix Faceplates for Steam Machine

More Steam Machine modding customization is here, with the launch of the JSAUX E-Ink and Pixel Matrix Faceplates.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/jsaux-launch-the-e-ink-and-pixel-matrix-faceplates-for-steam-machine/

#steam